Patent Filing Shows Samsung Preps Electronic Eyewear

Samsung Electronics Co. appears to be creating a Google Glass of its own.

A design patent registered with Korean authoritiesin October shows an electronic device in the form of spectacles. It has been categorized as a type of “sports glasses.”

“This design is of a type [of glasses] with earphones integrated, allowing [users] to take phone calls and listen to music during workouts,” according to a memo attached to several drawings of the device, filed by Samsung earlier this year.